Otmar's an incredibly seasoned and respected performer, but if your introduction to the sport was that godforsaken show, then the idea of drama and heroes & villains is baked into DNA. Otmar's done literally nothing wrong except try to push Lawrence Stroll's silly victim agenda in 2021.

Otmar only came in early last year and now Rossi is scrambling for a scapegoat just because Aston have made an unprecedented jump up the order and they now can't easily claim 4th. Granted, Alpine should probably be doing better than they are given they are a works team, but that's just because they chop and change so much.

May 15, 2022 · Yes, Otmar was TP & CEO of the team, much like Toto at Mercedes F1. From what I understand, Lawrence brought Martin in to be the takeover CEO role from Otmar, reducing his workload. As CEO, Martin manages the wider company and looks after the massive projects like their upcoming factory while Otmar focuses on day-to-day running of the team.

Oct 27, 2018 · Otmar Szafnauer's insightful interview with Olav at the French GP covering his career, how he created the Official F1 Timing App with the company he founded, Force India as a team, and how people have been interested in buying it since his first day.

Sep 9, 2020 · The whole Formula 1 is currently discussing Racing Point: copy fight, token controversy, Sebastian Vettel. We asked team manager Otmar Szafnauer. But in the case of Vettel we only got an ambiguous answer. >Where does Racing Point stand in the battle for third place? Szafnauer: We are in the middle of it.

Yeah, I'm sure gasly costs them more than piastri would have, and their long term outlooks are different. The "floor" of expected performance is likely higher with gasly, but also it's unlikely he suddenly becomes the best driver on the grid given that he's been in for a few years now, which makes me feel that piastri's "ceiling" COULD be higher

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Jul 30, 2023 · Otmar wasn't even working for Alpine when they sidelined Piastri and signed Ocon for 4 years. By the time he joined, Rossi had been negotiating with Webber directly for six months. If he knew how bad the situation with Piastri was, he absolutely wouldn't have let it happen, but Rossi kept him in the dark, probably to hide how badly he was ...

Jul 28, 2023 · Not a huge fan of Otmar, but wtf can you expect from him after 18 months, that's utter bullshit, a team principal needs 3 years at least to make any significant difference. There are many other people to blame for Alpines fuckups. Ugh, not a fan of Alpine but ffs it pisses me off how terribly managed from the top it is

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